Genesis 30

1 And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

And Rachel sees that she has not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and says to Jacob, “Give me sons, and if there is none—I die.”

2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, [Am] I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

And Jacob’s anger burns against Rachel, and he says, “Am I in stead of God who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

3 And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in to her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

And she says, “Behold, my handmaid Bilhah, go in to her, and she bears on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her”;

4 And she gave him Bilhah, her handmaid, for a wife: and Jacob went in to her.

and she gives Bilhah her maidservant to him for a wife, and Jacob goes in to her;

5 And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

and Bilhah conceives, and bears a son to Jacob,

6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore she called his name Dan.

and Rachel says, “God has decided for me, and has also listened to my voice, and gives a son to me”; therefore she has called his name Dan.

7 And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

And Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, conceives again, and bears a second son to Jacob,

8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

and Rachel says, “With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, indeed, I have prevailed”; and she calls his name Napthali.

9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah, her maid, and gave her Jacob for a wife.

And Leah sees that she has ceased from bearing, and she takes Zilpah her maidservant, and gives her to Jacob for a wife;

10 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a son.

and Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, bears a son to Jacob,

11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

and Leah says, “A troop is coming”; and she calls his name Gad.

12 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a second son.

And Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, bears a second son to Jacob,

13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

and Leah says, “Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me blessed”; and she calls his name Asher.

14 And Reuben went, in the days of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

And Reuben goes in the days of wheat-harvest, and finds love-apples in the field, and brings them to his mother Leah, and Rachel says to Leah, “Please give to me of the love-apples of your son.”

15 And she said to her, [Is it] a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

And she says to her, “Is your taking my husband a little thing, that you have also taken the love-apples of my son?” And Rachel says, “He therefore lies with you tonight, for your son’s love-apples.”

16 And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

And Jacob comes in from the field at evening; and Leah goes to meet him and says, “You come in to me, for [in] hiring I have hired you with my son’s love-apples”; and he lies with her during that night.

17 And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son.

And God listens to Leah, and she conceives, and bears a son to Jacob, a fifth,

18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

and Leah says, “God has given my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband”; and she calls his name Issachar.

19 And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son.

And Leah conceives again, and she bears a sixth son to Jacob,

20 And Leah said, God hath endowed me [with] a good dower; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

and Leah says, “God has endowed me—a good dowry; this time my husband dwells with me, for I have borne six sons to him”; and she calls his name Zebulun;

21 And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

and afterward she has borne a daughter, and calls her name Dinah.

22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and rendered her fruitful.

And God remembers Rachel, and God listens to her, and opens her womb,

23 And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

and she conceives and bears a son, and says, “God has gathered up my reproach”;

24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD will add to me another son.

and she calls his name Joseph, saying, “YHWH is adding to me another son.”

25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.

And it comes to pass, when Rachel has borne Joseph, that Jacob says to Laban, “Send me away, and I go to my place, and to my land;

26 Give [me] my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

give up my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and I go; for you have known my service which I have served you.”

27 And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine eyes, [tarry: for] I have learned by experience, that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.

And Laban says to him, “Now if I have found grace in your eyes—I have observed diligently that YHWH blesses me for your sake.”

28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give [it].

He also says, “Define your hire to me, and I give.”

29 And he said to him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle were with me.

And he says to him, “You have known that which I have served you [in], and that which your substance was with me;

30 For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now] increased to a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for my own house also?

for [it is] little which you have had at my appearance, and it breaks forth into a multitude, and YHWH blesses you at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for my own house?”

31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:

And he says, “What do I give to you?” And Jacob says, “You do not give me anything; if you do this thing for me, I turn back; I have delight; I watch your flock;

32 I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such] shall be my hire.

I pass through all your flock today to turn aside every speckled and spotted sheep from there, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats—and it has been my hire;

33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that [is] not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be accounted stolen with me.

and my righteousness has answered for me in the day to come, when it comes in for my hire before your face—everyone which is not speckled and spotted among [my] goats, and brown among [my] lambs—it is stolen with me.”

34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

And Laban says, “Behold, O that it were according to your word”;

35 And he removed that day the he-goats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted; every one that had [some] white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave [them] into the hands of his sons.

and he turns aside during that day the striped and the spotted male goats, and all the speckled and the spotted female goats, everyone that [has] white in it, and every brown one among the lambs, and he gives into the hand of his sons,

36 And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

and sets a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban.

37 And Jacob took to him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which [was] in the rods.

And Jacob takes to himself a rod of fresh poplar and almond and plane-tree, and peels in them white peelings, making bare the white that [is] on the rods,

38 And he set the rods, which he had peeled, before the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs, when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

and sets up the rods which he has peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (where the flock comes to drink), in front of the flock, that they may conceive in their coming to drink;

39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted.

and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock bears striped, speckled, and spotted ones.

40 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks towards the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban: and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not with Laban's cattle.

And Jacob has parted the lambs, and he puts the face of the flock toward the striped, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he sets his own droves by themselves, and has not set them near Laban’s flock.

41 And it came to pass, whenever the stronger cattle conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

And it has come to pass, whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob sets the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,

42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put [them] not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

and when the flock is feeble, he does not set [them]; and the feeble ones have been Laban’s, and the strong ones Jacob’s.

43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had many cattle, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.

And the man increases very exceedingly, and has many flocks, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and donkeys.